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<blockquote data-quote="InVinoVeritas" data-source="post: 3911056" data-attributes="member: 41485">The PCs are not hired to protect the artifact. They were never hired to protect the artifact; they were invited to a party because the local lord wanted to thank them for their previous successes. Guards are already in place before the guests arrive, and the guests are not allowed to carry weapons, armor, or obviously violent magical items with them. The artifact is already protected by PC-style NPCs as well as mook guards, and they are there as guests at a special viewing, not as guards. Also (Slife), the PCs don't get their weapons back until when they leave.So, they don't have to abandon their posts as NPCs ask them to, they have to let people do their job--they're otherwise asking the NPCs to abandon THEIR posts.Otherwise, yes, you're absolutely right--I wouldn't have tried this in an adventure if it meant that the PCs would have to fail at their job. I had to make sure that the job that failed was never theirs in the first place.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="InVinoVeritas, post: 3911056, member: 41485"] The PCs are not hired to protect the artifact. They were never hired to protect the artifact; they were invited to a party because the local lord wanted to thank them for their previous successes. Guards are already in place before the guests arrive, and the guests are not allowed to carry weapons, armor, or obviously violent magical items with them. The artifact is already protected by PC-style NPCs as well as mook guards, and they are there as guests at a special viewing, not as guards. Also (Slife), the PCs don't get their weapons back until when they leave. So, they don't have to abandon their posts as NPCs ask them to, they have to let people do their job--they're otherwise asking the NPCs to abandon THEIR posts. Otherwise, yes, you're absolutely right--I wouldn't have tried this in an adventure if it meant that the PCs would have to fail at their job. I had to make sure that the job that failed was never theirs in the first place. [/QUOTE]

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